Longtime local news anchor Ed O'Brien has passed away. He was 59.
O'Brien worked in Capital Region media for years, starting on the radio, and then moving to television. For the past 24 years, he worked for WRGB-TV, and was best known as the anchor for the Channel 6 morning show.
He had fought cancer for the past several months. Ed is survived by his daughter Jackie, as well as three sisters and two brothers.